The U.S. Industrial Base Is Not Prepared for a Possible Conflict with China
The U.S. Industrial Base Is Not Prepared for a Possible Conflict with China
To deter a potential conflict with China, the United States must act quickly to resolve key challenges in its industrial base.
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What industrial base lol.
We make more than you think. But way way less than we used to
Prision labor go brrr
this is a factor, but there is a significant non-incarcerated manufacturing base in US. 8.5% of the workforce (15 million) is in manufacturing, 800,000 of these are imprisoned
Yeah, I got a feeling many of those are undocumented 16 year old kids or the like though. So I if it actually came to it most that kinda slave labor wouldn't be reliable.
yeah ig thats prob a factor but i work in a factory and its mostly middle aged/old men. slaughterhouses are famous for using child/undocumented labor but thats not manufacturing. there was a Toyota parts plant that got busted for child labor but i think thats kind of rare bc manufacturing in the US is one of the few industries that actually has regular inspections from OSHA, EPA, EHSS, etc.